One of the most trustworthy clubs in Bobby Bowden’s golf bag is his 3-wood.

Bowden and the club made history in Quincy Monday morning, when the former Florida State football coach recorded his second career hole-in-one.

The 86-year-old aced the par-3 12th hole at the Golf Club of Quincy, a scenic 6,640-yard course 30 minutes northwest of Tallahassee.

Swinging his 3-wood from the red tees, Bowden hit a straight, low shot on the relatively flat terrain that rolled between two sand traps on the sides of the green and into the hole, 121 yards away.

“I never hit the ball very high,” Bowden said Tuesday afternoon from his Tallahassee home.

“I rolled it in the gap and it went right in. I had already walked away. I saw it rolling towards the hole and thought, ‘Oh boy, I have a good shot. I hope it stops.'

“Then I turned around and everyone said it went it in.”

Bowden was in a foursome with former college football coach and FSU player Gene McDowell and two local players - one of whom, Bowden said, was 90 or 91 years old with four aces on his career scorecard.

Bowden recorded his first hole-in-one while playing in Mobile, Alabama, five or so years ago – more than three decades after he picked up the sport.

“I started playing (golf) when I was 30, so you go 50 years without having one and you get into your 80s, you have two,” Bowden said and laughed.

“You never expect it. You hit so many balls. All of a sudden it’s in the hole.

“It’s a funny game.”

Bowden chuckled and admitted he also skipped the sacred tradition for any golfer who makes a hole-in-one – buying drinks or food after the round for the three players in his group..

“I am too cheap and I don’t visit bars,” Bowden laughed.

Players in his group, however, signed the scorecard as a keepsake for Bowden.

“I don’t hit the ball far at all – I can hit it straight but I just can’t make it go anywhere,” said Bowden, who says he shot an 84 on the 18-hole, par 73 course.

"You probably don't see many holes-in-one with a 3-wood."

Bowden also said the scorecard still was probably in his golf bag or the glove compartment of his car.

“It’s not like I am going to put it on the wall and look at it all day,” Bowden said and laughed.